Rep. Roy Calls for Congressional Action Following Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Ruling

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara.

“The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roberts, failed the American people, the Constitution, and the rule of law today—not to mention the national security of the United States. 

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in no way stands for the proposition of creating a dangerous cottage industry of traveling to our soil to manufacture United States citizenship. That's insane. The Supreme Court today should have said so explicitly and ended this damaging exploitation of our laws. 

Congress must now immediately do at least two things it should have done long ago. First, define the phrase ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof’ very specifically to make clear that citizenship is tied to the citizenship of the parent, not the soil. Second, completely restrict funding from DHS or any other agency or state that provides documentation and status to anyone not subject to the ‘jurisdiction thereof.’ In other words, Congress must act immediately and must not hide behind the fiction that it must amend the Constitution to fix this abuse of our laws. To do otherwise would be an abject failure of the United States Congress,” said Rep. Roy.